About the position
Background:
- The Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute (Wits RHI) is a renowned African-led research institute that seeks solutions to Africa’s health challenges
- It is located within the University of the Witwatersrand and addresses some of the greatest public health concerns affecting our region, including HIV and its related problems, sexual and reproductive health, and vaccinology
Main purpose of the job:
- This is a contract position, which requires experience in implementation of clinical research activities, clinical knowledge, as well as nursing qualifications with specific emphasis on NIMART certificate, PrEP exposure and training
- The Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW) project requires the services of 1 Professional Nurse that will be responsible for providing all comprehensive health services (including SRHR) for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW)
- The candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day activities within a cluster (clinic (s), schools, and tertiary institutions)
- The activities include the implementation of research activities, the provision of mobile PHC, HIV Prevention, care and support services for Adolescent Girls and Young Women (AGYW), including PrEP, ART, SRHR, linkage to care, adherence support, phlebotomy, interpretation of results and ensuring that clients remain in care
Location:
Key performance areas:
- Engagement with AGYW, and other key role players to identify area where AGYW are found on a regular basis
- Produce weekly work-plan with a list of AGYW hotspot areas, with planed route of delivery of services
- Identification of allocated funder targets, and design outreach schedule to reach target population, daily, weekly, monthly
- Establishment of stakeholder team and organising meetings to include AGYW and other role players
- Produce reports on demand creation and awareness campaigns and activities used to reach AGYW
- Orientation of facilities, and involve AGYW in the project model, services available and hours of operation
- Provision of behaviour change information on issues related to HIV, TB, STI, SRHR, PrEP, ART, and other related information within the community
- Orientate DOH PHC facilities, and make them aware of project implementation
- Ensure DOH policies and guidelines are available, and keep up-dated on developments
- Adhere to research protocols in service provision by implementing set SOPs
- Attend regular training on all guidelines, and keep up-dated of changes
- Working closely with the research clinician to offer services to the clients
- Work closely with the research coordinator to ensure completeness and quality of research documentation
- Obtain letter of authority from the DOH to receive a list of commodities required to provide PHC services for AGYW
- Together with the Project Manager: National Coordination, order PHC drugs according to the DOH recommendations and keep record of stock in, stock-out
- Sensitization training
- Conduct risk reduction counselling
- Implement clinical research activities
- Conduct the following screening services for HIV, TB, STI, Syphilis, HPV, pregnancy and other minor alignments
- Registration of clients using the clinical chart for Pre-ART, and ART
- Open clinical charts for clients for both PrEP/ART
- Phlebotomy-interpretation of results
- Documentation of all relevant patient results and information
- Clinical assessment of clients
- Counselling for PrEP, ART, and contraceptive choices
- Initiation clients on PrEP, PEP, STI treatment, FP, and ART
- Adherence support groups for PrEP, PEP and ART
- Stock management and control, including drug supplies and commodities
- Quality assessment and control
Required minimum education and training:
- Professional Nursing Diploma / Degree
- A/PC 101
- Certificate in NIMART with PrEP experience
- Dispensing license
- Proficiency in MS Office
- GCP course
- A valid driver’s license and own vehicle
- Public Drivers Permit (PDP) is an added advantage
Required minimum work experience:
- Minimum 2 years’ experience working within or supporting the public health sector
- 2 years’ experience working in a research field
- 1 year experience in A/PC 101
- Experience working with Adolescents, or on Adolescent health focused projects
- Experience working in the community and providing PHC mobile services
Desirable additional education, work experience and personal abilities:
- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to navigate complex situations
- SRH, AYFS trained or experience and Certification in Good Clinical Practice (GCP) is an advantage
- A demonstrated understanding on how to screen, assess, diagnose and treat clients for HIV STI and TB
- Good understanding and ability to provide comprehensive health services including but not limited to HTS, PrEP, FP, Pregnancy and ART services
- Ability to conduct adherence support groups, contraceptive counselling, and charting and conducting quality control assessments for clinical activities.
- Systems thinker, ability to think through multifactored problems
- Experience working in a donor funded organisation/ NGO or project-based environment
- Experience of working with in and out of school youth
TO APPLY:
- Only if you meet the minimum job requirements and experience as mentioned above, you may submit a detailed updated CV
- Please Apply Online and complete your registration via our website to enable and protect you as a candidate, and to accept the new POPIA terms and conditions
- This will then create your permanent profile with which you can apply for all jobs as advertised by AJ PERSONNEL
- However, you may remove your profile from AJ PERSONNEL when you are no longer in the job market
- Please take note that the applicants who do not adhere to the above criteria will not be considered for the respective position
- Wits Health Consortium will only respond to shortlisted candidates
- Candidates who have not been contacted within two weeks of the closing date can consider their applications to be unsuccessful
- Closing date: 30 July 2025
- Note: No CV will be accepted after the closing date
Please note:
- WHC, in accordance with its Employment Equity goals and plan, will give preference to suitable applicants from designated groups as defined in the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998 and subsequent amendments thereto
- AJ Personnel is only responsible for advertising and the response handling on behalf of their client Wits Health Consortium
- AJ Personnel does not have any salary or other information regarding the position
Desired Skills:
- Dispensing license
- GCP
- NIMART
- Professional Nurse
- Research Nurse
- Tshwane
- Degree
Employer & Job Benefits:
- Medical Aid and Pension Fund
